Home-and-Home with No. 3 Quinnipiac on Deck

BC AGAINST QUINNIPIAC

Series Notes
- This weekend's series will mark the 24th and 25th meetings all time between the two programs ... BC and Quinnipiac played at least once every year from 2001-02 through 2014-15 before taking a break in the series last year
- BC holds a 16-4-3 mark in the all-time series ... at Kelley Rink, BC is 10-0-1 against the Bobcats, while Quinnipiac is 4-5-2 at home against BC ... the teams met once on neutral ice with BC taking that win
- This year marks the seventh time the teams will play a multiple times in the season
- The teams played three times each year from 2001-02 through 2003-04, with two meetings in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2011-12
- This year's two-game set marks the first time in program history the teams will play a true home-and-home series, meeting at each other's rinks on consecutive days
- The teams have split the last four meetings, going 2-2-0
- Games have gone to overtime five times with BC holding a 1-1-3 record in those contests
- Five of the last seven meetings have been decided by a single goal or finished tied ... overall 10 of the 23 meetings have been decided by a goal or less
- This weekend will be the third and fourth times both teams meet as ranked opponents ... the last two meetings also saw the teams both hold national rankings when they played
Player Notes
- The junior and senior classes have each played Quinnipiac at least once, while these will be the first meetings against the Bobcats for the freshmen and sophomores
- Kristyn Capizzano recorded both of her points in the 2013 meeting between the schools, factoring on both goals in the 3-2 loss
- Andie Anastos has a point in each meeting, scoring as a freshmen in Nov. 2013 and picking up an assist on Haley Skarupa's game-winning goal in Jan. 2015
- Kenzie Kent and Toni Ann Miano also recorded assists in the team's Jan. 2015 match-up
- Katie Burt is 1-0-0 in her only contest against the Bobcats, making 18 of 19 saves for the 2-1 win
Coaching Notes
- Katie Crowley is 5-2-2 all-time against Quinnipiac
Crowley On The Weekend Series
- "We've seen them quite a bit just because they've played a couple of our Hockey East opponents, as well. They have a very disciplined team. They have some players on their team who can really score goals, but they have a more defensive mindset. They're goalie is back and they have the same group of scorers they've had, so I know they'll be a disciplined team, a hard-working team. They're coming off a loss to Mercyhurst so they're going to be trying to get back on the win cycle, as well."

FIRST RANKED TEST OF THE YEAR

This weekend's series marks the Eagles' first games against ranked opponents this year
While BC started the season with a two-game set at Minnesota Duluth, the Bulldogs were not yet ranked and jumped into both polls after going 1-0-1 against BC the first two games in Duluth

TEMPORARY BREAK FROM HOCKEY EAST PLAY

This weekend's set against Quinnipiac breaks up an otherwise long run of conference games in the Eagles' schedule
BC has already played four Hockey East games (3-1-0), and after the Bobcats series, will play nine straight games against league opponents until the team closes the fall half of the semester at Dartmouth on Dec. 7
BC enters its scheduling break atop the Hockey East standings, claiming 6 points in four games ... BU sits second with 4 points (2-2-0), while five teams are tied for third with two points

KELLER RETURNING TO FORM

Not only does defenseman Megan Keller lead the Eagles in scoring (1-6-7), she is also the top scorer among all defensemen nationally
Her seven points top all DMen in the nation, while her 1.17 points per game ranks second nationally
Overall, her six assists are tied for fifth most among all skaters nationally and her 7 points are tied for 23rd nationally
As a sophomore in 2015-16, Keller led all defensemen nationally in scoring with 52 points - which was also tied for ninth nationally overall ... her 40 assists ranked third nationally overall, and she led all blue liners by 10 assists

FRESHMEN FILLING THE LINEUP

Boston College has played five of its seven freshmen in all six games - and six of them in the last four games - with strong results
Overall, BC freshmen have accounted for one-third of the players (7-of-21) who've dressed the last four games
Delaney Belinskas leads all Eagles - and is tied for seventh nationally among all skaters and first among freshmen - in goals with five
Caitrin Lonergan ranks second on BC in points (4-2-6), and is tied for fourth nationally among all freshmen
Bridget McCarthy has two points (1g, 1a) in six games, while Kate Annese has one assist playing on the third or fourth lines in every game
Caroline Ross has played all six games along the blue line, and Rachel Moore has played the last four games at forward
Goaltender Molly Barrow has dressed each game, but has not seen any action

DEFENSEMEN (AND THE GOALIE) SETTING THE TABLE

Defensive players - both defensemen and goaltenders - have registered 18 of the Eagles' 29 assists so far this season ... that's 62 percent of BC's assists so far
Megan Keller (6), Kali Flanagan (4) and Toni Ann Miano/Grace Bizal (3) rank 1-2-3 on the team in assists, although Miano and Bizal are tied with Kenzie Kent for third
Even goaltender Katie Burt has gotten into the action, already recording two assists through six games

POWER-PLAY PROWESS

One year after claiming the nation's second-best power-play unit, the Eagles have gone one step further so far this season
Through six games, BC leads the nation in both power-play percentage (33.3 percent) and power-play goals (10) ... Merrimack is second in percentage (.280, 7-for-25), while Robert Morris is second in goals (8)
BC has tallied at least one man-advantage goal in each game so far this season, posting at least two PPGs in three games ... against Maine on Oct. 9, the Eagles netted a season-high three PPGs

PENALTY KILL UNIT KEEPING PACE

After allowing single power-play goals in each of the team's first two games, BC's penalty-kill unit has been perfect since
After surrendering single goals to Minnesota Duluth on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, BC has successfully killed their last 21 attempts - including two 6-for-6 efforts
Overall this season, BC is third nationally on the PK, killing penalties at a 93.5 percent clip ... Bemidji State leads the nation with a 95.0 mark, and Colgate is second at 93.8

ANASTOS IS HOCKEY EAST'S ACTIVE CAREER SCORING LEADER

With 70 career points in league play, Andie Anastos is the conference's active career scoring leader
She is eight points ahead of second-place Denisa Krizova (Northeastern) who has 62
Four Eagles are in the current top 11 active scorers, including Megan Keller, Kenzie Kent and Kristyn Capizzano

1. Andie Anastos, BC - 70 pts.
2. Denisa Krizova, NU - 62 pts.
3. Paige Savage, NU - 61 pts.
4. Hayley Scamurra, NU - 60 pts.
5. Victoria Bach, BU - 58 pts.
6. Megan Keller, BC - 53 pts.
7. Kenzie Kent, BC - 51 pts. & Joanna Curtis, UNH - 51 pts.
9. Cassidy Carels, PC - 50 pts.
10. Samantha Sutherland, BU - 49 pts.
11. Kristyn Capizzano, BC - 48 pts.

NEWKIRK PASSES 50 POINTS

Makenna Newkirk scored her 50th (and 51st) career point at New Hampshire on Oct. 8
In that game, she had a goal and assist to push to her career point total over the half-century mark
After her 49-point freshman campaign last year, Newkirk broke over the 50-point mark in the fifth game this season

BIZAL FINALLY BREAKS THROUGH

Defenseman Grace Bizal played all 41 games last season and recorded 11 assists, but was unable to collect her first goal
Five games into this season, she finally found the back of the net
Her first career goal came via an empty-net tally at New Hampshire on Oct. 8
She now has four points this season through six games - 1 goal and 3 assists - and is tied for third on the team in assists

Home-and-Home with No. 3 Quinnipiac on Deck

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Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Kate Annese

Molly Barrow

Delaney Belinskas

Grace Bizal

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Kali Flanagan

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Caitrin Lonergan

Bridget McCarthy

Toni Ann Miano

Rachel Moore

Makenna Newkirk

Caroline Ross

Haley Skarupa

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Andie Anastos

Kate Annese

Molly Barrow

Delaney Belinskas

Grace Bizal

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Kali Flanagan

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Caitrin Lonergan

Bridget McCarthy

Toni Ann Miano

Rachel Moore

Makenna Newkirk

Caroline Ross

Haley Skarupa

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